Heel protector



L. S. LAMB HEEL PROTECTOR Filed June 22, 1925.

INVENTOR ,ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES LEONARD S. LAMB, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

HEEL PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 22, 1925. Serial No. askme.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD S. LAMB, acitizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of Kingand State of ashington, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Heel Protectors, of which the following is aspecification. i

My invention relates to improvements in heel protectors or pads of aform adapted to be inserted within a shoe to protect the heelof thewearer and the object of my invention is to provide a heel protector ofsimple and eflicient construction that may be quickly and easily securedwithin the heel portion of a shoe so as to form a smooth and comfortablepad whereon the heel of the foot may rest.

Another object is to provide a heel protector which embodies a pad ofprotective material, as leather, secured to a plate of metal which isadapted to be made fast to the inside of the shoe at the place where theheel rests and serving to prevent nails and tacks from working up intothe shoe and being of such form so that it will assume a permanentcurvature best adapted to fit the heel of the foot of the wearer when inuse.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a heel protectorconstructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 3, 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. t is a view in longitudinal section showing my heel protectorapplied to a shoe.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numeralsindicate like parts, 5 designates a pad of protective material, asleather, shaped to fit within the heel of a shoe 6, and preferablytapered so that it is thinner at its forward end. The rear end of thepad'5 is secured by a rivet 7 to a metal plate 8 that is also shaped tofit the heel of a shoe and is preferably slight- 1y smaller than the pad5, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2-. The plate 8 is provided around its rear end with aplurality ofradial slots 9 which weaken that portion of the plate sufficiently sothat it will assume a permanent concave shape corresponding to the shapeof the wearers heel when in use.

The plate 7 is further provided with two, more or less, perforations 10through which tacks 11 may be driven, as shown in Fig. 4, to secure theheel protector within a shoe. The single rivet 7 permits the pad 5 to beturned up out of the way while driving the tacks 11.

In applying my heel protector it is placed within a shoe with the rearend pressed tightly back against the rear of the shoe, the pad 5 is heldup out of the way and the tacks 11 are driven down into the shoe heel.The pad 5 being pivotally secured at the rear end, by rivet 7 to theplate 8 leaves said pad free to be turned slightly, if necessary, tocorrectly position the same within the shoe heel after the plate 8 hasbeen tacked to the shoe heel. The plate 8. is thick enough to preventordinary heel nails from punching upwardly therethrough and thus servesas an armor to protect the heel of the wearer. The slots 9 arecomparatively narrow so that there is little danger of the heel nailsworking up through said slots and said slots cause the plate 8 to assumea permanent curvature to fit the heel of the foot. The plate 8 not onlyforms an armor 86 but also provides a quick and easy means for securingthe heel protector within a shoe. The pad 5 is thick enough to form acomfortable pad on which the heel of the foot may rest without elevatingthe heel into 90 an uncomfortable position.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose apre ferred embodiment of my invention but it will be understood thatthis disclosure is nierely illustrative and that such changes in thedevice may be resorted to asare within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

VVhat I claim is: i

l. A heel protector, embodying a metal ma be inserted and driven intothe heel of 10 the shoe, a pad of protective material shaped to fitwithin the heel portion of a shoe, and a rivet securing the rear of saidpad to the rear of said plate.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 15 131) name this 10th day ofJune A. D. 1925.

LEONARD S. LAMB.

